Today I felt really good. For breakfast, I made myself a green tea latte using soy milk, it was sooooo good and just what I needed to warm me when it was freezing this morning! Then I ate a banana in the car while I was driving to work. I had to do monitor visits today, so I was going non-stop. In between monitor visits I went to the gym and did a really hard yoga class.
I was all the way in Mesquite, so I had to eat out for lunch. I was a little nervous about it because I thought I would have a hard time finding something I could eat on the fast. I ended up going to Panera. I had the classic salad (with the field greens) and the vinegarette dressing. I am not sure if the dressing is allowed on the fast, but I just can bring myself to eat a salad with no dressing. Then I had a cup of the vegegable soup, and a fruit cup instead of the bread. It was sooooo hard to resist the pastries and breads they have there, but I just prayed for God to give me strength and I would not let myself even look at them.
After my last monitor visit, I went to Sprouts to by some stuff we can eat on the fast. I got some organic rice chips, which are actually really good! I also got gluten-free pasta that is not made with any eggs or dairy and organic spaghetti sauce. I cooked that for dinner with some steamed broccoli and carrots. And amazingly, Maddie loved it! I can't believe it, she is so picky. But it actually really good, would have been better with garlic bread, but that's the sacrifice.
I was flipping through my devotional Bible today and happened to land on a page that talks about how to let go of guilt. I know God gave me that for a reason, I have been feeling really guilty lately about working so much and leaving Maddie. I read a chapter in John about when Jesus was being crucified on the cross and how He took our guilt for us. It was really what I needed to read, it's amazing how He does that!
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